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• Myanmar Military Bars Suu Kyi From Airport, Rally Site on Shan State Tour

  Military officials in eastern Myanmar’s Shan state have barred opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi from landing at a local airport and prevented her from using a field for a public rally, disrupting her tour of the state as she drums up local support for constitutional reforms. In the picture Aung San Suu Kyi speaking… continue » 

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• TCHRD urges UN panel to consider detention deaths in Tibet

  DHARAMSHALA, January 28: As the Intergovernmental Expert Group on the Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners today meet for four days in Brasilia, Brazil, Dharamshala based Tibetan Centre for Human Rights and Democracy has appealed the group to recognize and address attempts by prison officials to avoid responsibility for killing prisoners. The Tibetan… continue » 

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• Story of Wang Gongquan Raises Fears for Some Social Activists in China

  BEIJING—The testimony of an influential Chinese venture capitalist-turned-activist in the trial of a fellow reformer is sending a chill through China's circle of business elite who have increasingly turned to social activism. The ordeal of Wang Gongquan has been anxiously watched since his arrest four months ago amid a crackdown on the citizens' rights movement… continue » 

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